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RE: the "Sony/BMG" virus
From: "Todd Towles" <toddtowles () brookshires com>
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 14:35:08 -0600
Greg wrote:
Pardon? "START" to....? Seeing this has been an issue for a long time - cloaking of software for various reasons - someone correct me, please, if I am wrong but I thought this cloaking was new to the public but old news on this list. Am I mistaking some rootkits here? I distinctly remember a rootkit remover which wont be named (simply because I forgot the name! ;-}) which actually installed a rootkit, backdoor open, Bob's your uncle and it wasn't until said person actually admitted to it that it was found....or do I remember THAT wrong as well?
You are correct that this is not news to this list, but many things that we see everyday are totally lost on the general public. I would assume that you are speaking about the many many "fake" spyware removers out on the internet. There are loads of malware that use rootkit technology, but can WhenU and other "legal" adware get in legal trouble if they stars to rename their services with $sys$. The company's products would in itself not be acting as a rootkit and does not include rootkit code..but it gets to use the cloak of Sony to hide itself. Little extra bonus for those programs that are in grey area.... -Todd _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
Current thread:
- Re: the "Sony/BMG" virus, (continued)
- Re: the "Sony/BMG" virus bkfsec (Nov 11)
- RE: the "Sony/BMG" virus Todd Towles (Nov 11)
- Re: the "Sony/BMG" virus Valdis . Kletnieks (Nov 11)
- RE: the "Sony/BMG" virus Todd Towles (Nov 11)
- RE: the "Sony/BMG" virus Todd Towles (Nov 11)
- Re: the "Sony/BMG" virus Greg (Nov 11)
- Re: the "Sony/BMG" virus n3td3v (Nov 11)
- Re: the "Sony/BMG" virus Scott T. Cameron (Nov 13)
- Re: the "Sony/BMG" virus n3td3v (Nov 11)
- Re: the "Sony/BMG" virus xyberpix (Nov 12)
- Re: the "Sony/BMG" virus Greg (Nov 11)
- Re: the "Sony/BMG" virus Dude VanWinkle (Nov 13)